These double "const" were introduced in v2.6.37-rc1~64^2~464 (V4L/DVB:
drivers/media: Make static data tables and strings const, 2010-08-25).
The address of an array is already immutable by definition, so for
what it's worth, with or without a clarified commit message,
[mchehab@redhat.com: Tested with "gcc -s" (version 4.7.0):
the produced asm is indeed equal before and after this patch] Signed-off-by: Emil Goode <emilgoode@gmail.com> Acked-by: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com>